Ash conveyer



May 8, 1923.

A. GIRTANNER ASH CONVEYER Filed July 6, 1920 INVENTOR A. GIRTANNER yPatented ay 8, 1923.

ALEXANDER GIRTANNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ASH CONVEYER.

Application filed July 6, 1920. Serial No. 394313.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, ALEXANDER GIRTAN- NER, acitizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of NewYork, State of New York, United States of America, have invented acertain new and useful Ash Conveyer, of which the following is such afull, clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. I

My nvention relates to an "ash conveyer and more particularly to themanner of lining an elbow section of such conveyer. In the accompanyingdrawings which show as much of one form of ash conveyer as is necessaryto illustrate invention, Figure 1 is a vertical section, Figure 2 is anend View, Figure 3 is a side elevation of the elbow, and Figure 4 is atop plan View of the elbow, a portion of the horizontal arm being brokenaway.

5 ndicates the elbow section of an ash conveyer which section isprovided with a vertical arm 6 and a horizontal arm 7 to which areSecured, by bolts or otherwise, a Vertical pipe section 8 and ahorizontal pipe section 9 respectively. The horizontal pipe section 9and horizontal arm 7 of the elbow may be provided with a removablelining 10 as shown in Figure -1 of the drawings. This lining, however,forms no part of the present invention. The vertical arm 6 of the elbow5 is provided with a removable lining consisting of a pair of front andrear parts 11 which are exactly alike in form so as to be'reversible, tand a second pair of side parts 12 which are 4 also alike andreversible. By making the parts 11 and 12 reversible the life of the`position by means of bolts 15 and in turn secures in position an impactplate 16 preferably formed of two or more parts as the greatest wearcomes on this part of the devioe and by forming the impact plate 16 of anumber of parts several wearing surfaces are Secured. The upper edge ofthe impact plate 16 abuts the front part 11 and thus hold the same inposition. 17 is a removable bottom plate held in position by bolts 18.This plate 17 has its upper face arranged somewhat below the upper faceof the lining 10 so `as to form a sump for collecting the water ofcondensation from the steam jet injected into the device by means of anozzle 19 carred by the said bottom plate 17. The bottom plate 17 isalso provided with a discharge outlet '20 for discharging the water ofcondensation formed in the conveyer until the steam is` shut off, whenit will automatically dropopen to allow the water of condensation to bedischarged from the sump.` 7

In .order to secure a tightfjoint between the various sections of theconveyer, I provide each of the Contacting surfaces with a V-shapedgroove 24: in which grooves are placed cylindrical strips 25 ofacompressible metal or alloy, preferably lead. This strip 25 is madesomewhat larger in diameter than the side of the channel formed by thetwo meeting grooves so that when the parts are drawn together the metalwill be pressed out to more or less completely fill the channel and thusform an air tight joint between the parts.

I claim:

1. An elbow section for ash convcyers, the upwardly extending arm ofwhich is provided with a removable lining consisting of two pairs ofparts, the parts of each pair being interchangeable.

2. In an elbow section for .ash conveyers, the combination With anupwardly extending arm, of a removable lining in said arm consisting oftwo pairs of parte, the parte of one pair being Wedge shaped and theparte of each pair being interchangeable.

8. In an ash conveyer, the combinaton With an elboW section, theupWardly extendng arm of which is provided With a reniovable linngSituated within the elboW section and conssting of two pairs ofreversibie parte, a pipe section connected to said up- Wardly eXtending&rim and a ining in said pipe section and eXtendng into the elboW andabuttng said removable lining.

in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal.

ALEXANDER GIRTANNER. [L. 5.]

